Inpatient Rehab Scheduler: Care-Centric Scheduling

Rehabilitation Hospital; Honolulu (HI); On-site; USD 24,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

Rehabilitation Hospital is seeking an Inpatient Therapy Scheduler to help ensure patients receive timely, coordinated care across inpatient therapy services. You will schedule patients for various inpatient therapy services and work to minimize scheduling conflicts, no-shows, and changes by coordinating with therapists, CCCs, nurses, and other hospital staff.

The role requires basic computer skills, at least one year in a healthcare setting, and a focus on accuracy, communication, and teamwork

Qualifications

• High school graduate or equivalent.
• At least one (1) year experience in a healthcare setting.
• Basic computer knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with therapists, information desk staff, and clinic leadership to ensure timely scheduling of patients’ appointments
• Provide timely response to internal and external customers regarding scheduling questions, concerns and comments in order to improve efficiency in the patient’s continuum of care.
• Work in conjunction with outpatient personnel to schedule and provide float and clinical staff as needed when available
• Monitor daily the therapists’ schedule for open slots to ensure each therapist is scheduled to meet productivity goals.
• Maintain communication with treating therapist to ensure patients’ schedules are consistent with patients’ needs.
• Demonstrate flexibility with work schedule to support the needs of REHAB.
• Collaborate with therapists and other team members regarding all schedule changes due to medical reasons, patient needs, staff sick calls/absences, add-on admissions and modifications.
• Obtain weekly staffing sheet of therapists’ schedules and any therapists’ requests for the next day (i.e. unexpected home visits/assessments, family conferences, CETS, community re-entry activities, goal sets, meetings, projects) and individual therapists’ status (modified duty, no infectious patient treatment) and incorporates activities into the therapy schedule.
• Review therapy schedules for accuracy prior to posting in the patient care units and in the therapy clinics.
• Assures that all patients are scheduled to meet the therapy minutes required.
• Uses sound judgment and ensures patient safety.
• Follows and adheres to all organizational and departmental policies and guidelines, code of conduct, and REHAB employee handbook.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

Healthcare experience

Basic computer skills

Scheduling experience

Customer service

Education

High school graduate

Associates degree in Healthcare

Job description

Rehabilitation Hospital is seeking an Inpatient Therapy Scheduler to help ensure patients receive timely, coordinated care across inpatient therapy services. You will schedule patients for various inpatient therapy services and work to minimize scheduling conflicts, no-shows, and changes by coordinating with therapists, CCCs, nurses, and other hospital staff.

The role requires basic computer skills, at least one year in a healthcare setting, and a focus on accuracy, communication, and teamwork